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Adam Ružička (repro photo: X/Arizona Coyotes)

On Friday, only one game was played in the Canadian-American NHL. Although the Slovak attacker’s team also played in it, he did not intervene in the action.

ARI – CAR 1:5

Carolina snaps Coyotes losing streak, Ružička does not play Piotr Kočetkov made 30 saves to lead Carolina to a 5-1 victory over Arizona, which has lost its eighth straight game. Five different players – Jordan Martinook, Jalen Chatfield, Seth Jarvis, Teuvo Teräväinen and Michael Bunting – scored for the Hurricanes, who won their sixth game in their last eight. Martin Nečas and Jack Drury recorded two assists each to be the only multi-point players in the duel. Dylan Guenther took care of the home team’s only goal, reducing the score to 1:2. Karel Vejmelka scored five goals from 26 shots and was replaced by Matt Villalta in the 47th minute. He made four saves in his NHL debut.

Slovakian forward Adam Ružička, who was the Coyotes’ least used player in his first two games after the change of location, did not feature in the starting line-up this time. He was replaced in it by Michael Carcone.

“We started really well, which is always great to see. And then our goalkeeper also performed really well. He made some really good saves,” said the winning team’s coach Rod Brind’Amour after the match, whose players opened the scoring after just 16 seconds and were already leading 2-0 in the fifth minute.

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His counterpart, Andre Tourigny stated: “Obviously, the way we started the game was unfortunate. I think it wasn’t because we didn’t play well, but we have to be a little more consistent in the little things, which is up to me. That is my responsibility.’

Thanks to an assist, Jordan Staal tied Jeff O’Neill’s 416 points for sixth on the team’s all-time list. Ron Francis (1,175), Eric Staal (775), Kevin Dineen (544), Sebastian Aho (525) and Brind’Amour (473) are ahead of him.

Martinook opened the scoring after just 16 seconds of the game:

Stars of the duel: 1. M. Nečas (CAR), 2. S. Jarvis (CAR), 3. P. Kočetkov (CAR)

2024-02-17 05:39:54
#Bad #news #NHL #Adam #Ružička

Šimon Nemec (photo: X/New Jersey Devils)

The New Jersey Devils hit the bull’s eye when they drafted Nic Hischier and Jack Hughes first overall. Now overseas, it is also being decided whether it is not too early to conclude that he also hit the black mark when drafting defenders Luke Hughes and Šimon Nemec.

“At this point, I think you could start to say that the Devils really hit it off with those two picks as well. Both were used as defenders. The Devils needed to shore up the defense after dealing with offense and productivity with other top picks,” stated Alex Potts of All About The Jersey.

Potts recalled that Luke Hughes made his debut in the NHL at the end of last season and this season he definitely established himself fully. However, that was also expected of him, and so he just lives up to expectations.

However, in the case of the German, it was not known for certain whether he would be ready for the best league in the world at this point. However, after being called up to the first team, it only shows that he does not want to return to the AHL and that his drafting can be a huge success for the team.

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Potts also pointed to advanced stats from this season for both of them, in which the German overall outperformed Hughes in every aspect – an overall rating percentile of 87 vs. 68, offensive 78 vs. 58 and defensive 81 vs. 76.

“The German has a fantastic defensive impact and quality scoring production despite not being pigeonholed as an attacking defender. He’s solidified his role on the team with his play, and there’s no way Lindy Ruff and co. they could send back to Utica while playing,” noted the overseas author.

Both have quality numbers in positional play and expected goals. At the time of Potts’ analysis, Hughes was 14th among defensemen with at least 100 minutes played with a CF% of 58.25, the German was 28th with a CF% of 55.22. In xGF%, the German was 13th at 57.53 and Hughes was 22nd at 56.52.

“These are unbelievable numbers. Yes, both of them are attracted by being in a strong team, at least analytically, but it is not only the merit of their teammates. They also benefit. To be in the top 30 in positional play among 248 defensemen and to be in the top 25 in expected goals on the same roster is pretty remarkable,” Potts stated.

“Defenders take longer to develop than forwards, but they’re both here and playing so well. This is obviously massive progress for the team now and for the long-term future. They become part of the core and at their age they can be here for a very long time. When you have two such strong players anchoring the defense, a duo that can only get better, it’s extremely promising. So far, it looks like both of these elections are going to be wild successes and we couldn’t ask for more from them.”

2024-01-09 08:30:38
#Unreal #numbers #Devils #hit #black #case #Hughes #German

William Nylander (foto: Instagram/Toronto Maple Leafs)

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Monday that they have signed star forward William Nylander to a new eight-year, $92 million contract.

The contract, whose cap hit of $11.5 million will make Nylander the fifth-highest-paid player, also includes a full no-trade clause without the player’s permission.

In terms of total contract value, it is the highest in the history of a traditional organization. It surpasses John Tavares’ seven-year, $77 million contract. However, Auston Matthews signed a contract with a higher cap-hit – 13.25 million US dollars.

Nylander is in the midst of a career season in which he has already scored 21 goals and added 33 assists in just 37 games. He has a streak of 47 goals and 120 points. Last year, he set personal bests with 40 goals and 87 points.

The twenty-seven-year-old Swede performed evenly even during the elimination fights. In 30 games of the last four playoffs, he recorded 14 goals and 15 assists. In his career, he collected 40 points in 50 games.

2024-01-08 21:21:35
#Toronto #signs #Nylander #mega #contract

Pavol Regenda (photo: X/San Diego Gulls)

Slovak forward Pavol Regenda is getting closer to returning to action. On Friday, he was spotted at the San Diego Gulls practice.

The 24-year-old native of Michaloviec has not played since November 29 due to a lower body injury he suffered in the match against Texas. His condition was assessed on a weekly basis.

The injury came at a bad time for Regenda, as he was approaching a chance in Anaheim’s first team in the NHL with his performances. In the first 17 games, he collected 13 points, but ten of them were goals.

San Diego did not say when Regenda might return to action. The team was scheduled to play Friday and Saturday, but its games in Bakersfield were postponed by the league due to a technical malfunction in the arena. The next scheduled game was Wednesday at Coachella Valley Ice.

2024-01-06 11:28:32
#Great #news #San #Diego #Regenda #big #step #comeback

M. Fehérváry, J. Slafkovský (photo: X/Washington Capitals/ Instagram/Canadiens de Montreal)

After a modest New Year’s Monday, it was Tuesday’s turn, which brought up to 13 duels in the NHL.

Highlights of the night

• All Slovaks enjoyed the win, Fehérváry scored, Slafkovský assisted
• The Jets scored in their ninth straight game, the Avalanche in their sixth
• The Oilers won their sixth straight game, the Panthers their fifth
• Crosby surpassed Thornton in historical scoring
• McDavid scored five points and scored the 900th point in his career
• MacKinnon also hit his 20th home run of the season
• Kreider became the scoring king of Madison Square Garden
• Saros picked up a clean sheet

PIT – WSH 3:4
Fehérváry becomes second star, Capitals end losing streak Martin Fehérváry sandwiched himself between two legends to finish as second star of the game behind Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby when he returned from a one-game absence to score his second goal of the season to help Washington win 4 :3 over Pittsburgh. The Slovak defenseman played 22 and a half minutes as the team’s second busiest player and led the game with four blocks and six points. He also scored a shot and a minor holding penalty. Ovechkin decided to end the four-game losing streak with his 830th career goal, after which the Capitals were leading 4-0. Tom Wilson and Beck Malenstyn also built the lead, Rasmus Sandin assisted twice. Darcy Kuemper faced 35 shots, outpaced by Rickard Rakell, Crosby and Jake Guentzel. The last two named also added after the assist. Tristan Jarry collected three goals from seven shots, Alex Nedeljkovic one from 15. The Penguins lost a three-game winning streak and a six-game point streak (5-0-1). It was the 10th time and the first time since November 7, 2018 that Ovechkin and Crosby scored in the same game. With 1,540 points, Crosby surpassed Joe Thornton for 12th place in NHL history.

Fehérváry chased Jarry out of the gate:

Ovechkin’s goal no. 830 in the NHL:

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Stars of the duel: 1. A. Ovečkin (WSH), 2. M. Fehérváry (WSH), 3. S. Crosby (PIT)

DAL – MTL 3:4
Slafkovský helps win over Stars Juraj Slafkovský performed well after two less-than-stellar duels and his work led to three goals for Montreal, which won 4-3 at Dallas to end a three-game losing streak. The Košice native first passed on Nick Suzuki’s goal, then his work led to a Stars puck loss and a Jordan Harris goal, and finally kept the puck in the offensive zone for Cole Caufield to score the game-winning goal. Meanwhile, Kaiden Guhle also scored. Suzuki and Harris also added after the assist, Sam Montembeault blocked 30 shots. He was beaten by Jamie Benn, two points by Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson. Scott Wedgewood left the duel with 14 saves. Slafkovský threatened him once during 19 minutes and 14 seconds spent in action. The Slovak attacker also scored a plus point, one block and two points. On The Habitant, they described his performance as “monstrous” and pointed out that he was second best on the team in Gamescore behind Suzuki. According to the TSN commentator, he was excellent. Related:
Video: Slafkovský passed for a goal and had a hand in two more

Stars of the duel: 1. S. Montembeault (MTL), 2. N. Suzuki (MTL), 3. W. Johnston (DAL)

MIN – CGY 1:3
Markström, Huberdeau help Flames win over Wild The remaining two Slovaks in action enjoyed Calgary’s 3-1 win over Minnesota, helped by Jacob Markström’s 28 saves. The goal drought after 18 games was ended by Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored the winning goal. Andrew Mangiapane opened the scoring and Blake Coleman closed it with an empty net goal. MacKenzie Weegar had two assists. Pat Maroon scored the only goal for the Wild, who lost their third straight game. Marc-Andre Fleury surrendered twice from 32 shots. The Slovak attackers did not threaten him even once. Martin Pospíšil played nine minutes with three points, Adam Ružička eight and a quarter minutes with one faceoff. Pospíšil did not score in the fifth game in a row, Ružička in the second.

Huberdeau ended his long goal drought:

Stars of the duel: 1. J. Markström (CGY), 2. M. Fleury (MIN), 3. C. Tanev (CGY)

WPG – TBL 4:2
Jets score in ninth straight game, Tampa takes it Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves, Vladislav Namestnikov had three assists and Winnipeg beat Tampa Bay, without injured Erik Černák, 4-2 to win its third straight game and extend its scoring streak to nine meetings (7-0-2). The Jets were trailing 0-1, but then scored four goals in a row. Neal Pionk, Alex Iafallo, Nikolaj Ehlers and two-pointer Morgan Barron, who scored into an empty net, enjoyed them. Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kučerov’s two-pointer used Victor Hedman’s assists to score goals for the Lightning, who lost their third game in their last four. Andrej Vasilevsky left him with 24 saves. Winnipeg became the third team in the post-expansion era (since 1967-68) to allow three or fewer goals in 26 consecutive games. Wild (35 duels, 2014/15) and Blues (27 duels, 2011/12) were also able to do it. Hellebuyck scored in ten four straight (8-0-2), tying a club record.

Stars of the duel: 1. C. Hellebuyck (WPG), 2. N. Pionk (WPG), 3. N. Niedereiter (WPG)

CBJ – FOREST 1:4
Van Riemsdyk helps Bruins stretch to winning streak James van Riemsdyk had a goal and two assists to help Boston extend its winning streak to four games with a 4-1 win over Columbus. Kevin Shattenkirk, Danton Heinen and Trent Frederic also had goals, while Linus Ullmark blocked 25 shots. Kent Johnson was the only one who found the recipe for it. Spencer Martin made 23 saves and the Blue Jackets lost their fifth of six games. In the previous three, they scored at least every time (1-0-2).

Stars of the duel: 1. J. van Riemsdyk (BOS), 2. L. Ullmark (BOS), 3. K. Shattenkirk (BOS)

NYR – CAR 1:6
Svečnikov helps beat Rangers Andrej Svečnikov scored twice, Brady Skjei had three assists and Piotr Kočetkov stopped 28 shots as Carolina defeated the Rangers 6-1 for its fourth straight game. Jack Drury had a goal and an assist, while Jordan Martinook, Jalen Chatfield and Michael Bunting also added goals. They beat Igor Šestorkin from 27 shots. Chris Kreider scored the only goal for New York, which lost its second game in three. He reduced to 1:2. Svečnikov had multiple points in the fifth game in a row. He was able to do it last year as well. Only Kevin Dineen, Ron Francis and Mike Rogers have had two streaks at least this long in club history. Kreider scored his 166th goal in the iconic Madison Square Garden in the regular season and playoffs combined. He broke Rod Gilbert’s record.

Stars of the duel: 1. A. Svečnikov (CAR), 2. J. Drury (CAR), 3. P. Kočetkov (CAR)

NSH – CHI 3:0
Saros clean sheet for Blackhawks Juuse Saros stopped all 21 shots for his second shutout of the season and 22nd of his career to lead Nashville to a 3-0 win over Chicago, which lost its third straight game. His counterpart, Arvid Söderblom, faced 35 shots, outscored by two-pointers from Gustac Nyquist and Ryan O’Reilly. Both used power plays. Luke Evangelista added the safety to the empty net. Visiting Anthony Beauvillier did not finish the match due to injury.

Stars of the duel: 1. J. Saros (NSH), 2. R. O’Reilly (NSH), 3. G. Nyquist (NSH)

ARI – FLA 1:4
Panthers snap five-game hitting streak at Arizona Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots and four different players scored as Florida extended its hitting streak to five games with a 4-1 win at Arizona. Carter Verhaeghe scored a goal and added an assist, Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk and Gustav Forsling also scored after the goal. Alex Kerfoot tied the game at 1-1 during the deficit, but the Coyotes fell short of their third straight win. Karel Vejmelka scored three goals from 37 shots. Florida and the Rangers are the only teams this season that have had more than one winning streak of at least five games. Aleksander Barkov set a new club record with 416 assists. The former shared with Huberdeau.

Stars of the duel: 1. C. Verhaeghe (FLA), 2. S. Bobrovskij (FLA), 3. A. Kerfoot (ARI)

COL – NYI 5:4 PP
MacKinnon wins over Islanders Nathan MacKinnon scored a power play goal 32 seconds into overtime to give Colorado a 5-4 win over the Islanders. He previously assisted twice. Valerj Ničuškin forced overtime with his second goal of the game, Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist, Devon Toews had a goal. The Avalanche won their third straight game and scored in the sixth (5-0-1) thanks to Cale Makar’s three assists, Mikko Rantanen’s two assists and Alexander Georgiev’s 18 saves. This was surpassed by Pierre Engvall, two-pointer Brock Nelson, Simon Holmstrom and Alexander Romanov. Semion Varlamov allowed one goal on 12 shots before suffering an unspecified injury. Iľja Sorokin subsequently made 23 saves. The New York team lost the third game of the last four. MacKinnon became the first player in 35 years to score in each of the first 20 home games of a season. The last time it was done was Wayne Gretzky, who set a record with 40 games in the 1988/89 season.

MacKinnon completed the turnover in overtime:

Stars of the duel: 1. N. MacKinnon (COL), 2. V. Ničushkin (COL), 3. C. Makar (COL)

EDM – PHI 5:2
McDavid shines to score milestone Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists to lead Edmonton to its sixth straight win. In a 5:2 win over Philadelphia, he also scored his 900th career point. He needed 602 games to do it – only four players in the history of the NHL did it faster. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist, Zach Hyman a goal and two assists, Leon Draisaitl a goal and an assist. Stuart Skinner faced 37 shots from which he was humbled by Travis Konecny ​​and Marc Staal. However, this was not enough to prevent the third loss in the series and the fifth of the last six duels. Carter Hart left the game with 31 saves. McDavid is on a six-game point streak.

McDavid’s 900th NHL point:

Stars of the duel: 1. C. McDavid (EDM), 2. R. Nugent-Hopkins (EDM), 3. Z. Hyman (EDM)

IS – THERE 6:3
The Canucks scored five goals in the first period to beat the Senators Pius Suter had two goals and an assist, Elias Pettersson had two goals and Vancouver delighted its fans with a 6-3 win over Ottawa. JT Miller had a goal and an assist, Ian Cole also scored and Thatcher Demek’s 35 saves led to the fourth win in the last six games. Only two players found the recipe for him – Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, Claude Giroux scored one. From the second period, they reduced from 0:5 to 3:5. Anton Forsberg scored four goals from 13 shots and substituted in the 17th minute. Joonas Korpisalo subsequently blocked 11 shots. The Canucks scored five goals in the first period for the 12th time in club history.

Canucks stars score two goals in 24 seconds:

Stars of the duel: 1. E. Pettersson (VAN), 2. P. Suter (VAN), 3. T. Demko (VAN)

LAK – TOR 0:2 2T
LAK – TOR 0:2 after the 2nd period we will add…

Stars of the duel:

SJS – IT 2:2 2T
SJS – DET 2:2 after the 2nd period we will add…

Stars of the duel:

Slovaks in action

Player

Time

G

A

B

+/-

TM

S

Mrs

J. Slafkovský (MTL)

19:14

0

1

1

+1

0

1

2

M. Pospíšil (CGY)

08:59

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

A. Ružička (CGY)

08:12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

M. Fehérváry (WSH)

22:35

1

0

1

0

2

1

6

2024-01-03 04:37:11
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Adam Ružička (photo: X/Calgary Flames)

Calgary Hockey Now’s Trevor Neufeld pointed out four Calgary Flames players who have struggled in December. He didn’t even get past both Slovak attackers.

The overseas author first devoted himself to Dillon Dube and Jonathan Huberdeau. According to him, the other two players do not fall into the same category, because their roles in the team are not so prominent and it is possible that their statistics are also affected by injuries.

As the third, he mentioned Adama Ružička, who was only a healthy substitute in the last match.

“After Jimmy Vesey’s questionable hit from Rangers on October 24, Slovak Adam Ružička struggled dramatically to find consistency. The 24-year-old has one goal and four assists in 23 games since the incident, and only three assists in 11 December matches,” noted Neufeld.

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At the end of the overview, Martin Pospíšil figured, although he can get under the opponent’s skin, but lately his offensive productivity has stopped.

“It would be understandable if the former third-round draft pick hadn’t already proven that she was capable of scoring goals. Pospíšil debuted in the NHL in style, scoring three goals and two assists in the first seven games. “Four of those five points gave the Flames the lead or tied the game,” Neufeld said.

“Since then? An amazing goal against Florida on December 18th and a secondary assist on Nazem Kadri’s touchdown against the Golden Knights on December 12th. Two points in his last 16 games is not a good enough pace for him to maintain his position in the top six of the attack for a long time.

2023-12-30 07:40:17
#expert #pointed #Slovaks #good #reasons